Joe.My.God. LGBT News

In response to the recent endorsement by the World Health Organization, the New York City Department of Health is also planning to promote circumcision for men at risk for HIV, asking community groups AND gay rights organizations to discuss the procedure with their members. This, despite WHO’s own statement that the procedure holds little value for gay men who practice …

AIDS Healthcare Foundation filed suit against the state of California yesterday, accusing the state of ignoring California law and refusing to provide care for HIV/AIDS patients. You may recall that AHF recently sued Pfizer, claiming that the pharmaceutical giant was promoting unsafe sex via its Viagra advertising. In the latest suit, AHF says that California is being deliberately slow to …

Last night me and my boy Jay-Z was chillin. Kickin it, ya dig? Fo realz! Y u trippin? Meh, I can’t even fake hip-hop slang. The real story is I attended a Def Jam release party for Ne-Yo’s new record, Because Of You. You may recall Ne-Yo’s hit from last year, So Sick. You may recall it, but I don’t, …

Next Wednesday I’ll be calling numbers at Will Clark’s Porno Bingo at Hell’s Kitchen’s Ninth Avenue Bistro. The event benefits NYC’s Gotham Knights rubgy club, a team that I’ve actually trekked outer-borough to see, thanks to a few buddies that play for them. Also appearing at Porno Bingo will be gay porn reviewer Vincent Lambert (NSFW). I expect heavy drinking …

If you could attend any concert by any band in any year, what would it be? In 1981, my friend and I followed the B-52’s around Florida on their Wild Planet tour, seeing them 9 times in about two weeks. I think I’d pick their show at Tampa’s Agora Ballroom that year. There are lots of bands I never got …

“[Divine] was (going to be) the first gay male character, a gay uncle, which could have been hugely successful at the time.” – John Waters, revealing that at time of his death in 1988, Divine was about to begin appearing on Married With Children. Interesting news, but despite what the linked article says, wasn’t Billy Crystal’s character on Soap tv’s …

And at the moment, it ain’t me. Voting for ultimate blog Daddyness ends at 8am tomorrow. Thanks again to Malcontent for a silly/fun bit of foolery that led me to some new blogs that will go up on my blogroll shortly. And then we’ll get back to serious stuff, like Sanjaya.

With the help of Aaron, I’m still trying to figure out how to use the BlogAds site, but as you may have noticed, JMG now features an ad from the ACLU which asks you to submit your personal LGBT-related job discrimination stories for use in their vital work on behalf of ENDA, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act. Please visit the ACLU …

Out Magazine is brewing some uncharacteristic controversy by placing not-exactly-out celebrities Jodie Foster and Anderson Cooper on the cover of their Power 50 issue, which ranks “the most powerful gay men and women in America.” Cooper ranks #2, Foster #43. The issue hasn’t hit the stands yet, but New York Magazine is reporting on the issue, which places David Geffen …

This will probably only be on YouTube for a NY minute, but results predictor site Dial Idol is reporting than Sanjaya placed third last night. Now I am officially sucked into this show. I blame Howard Stern.